Asian RoyalsThailand

Princess Sirivannavari combines old and new for one of her lifelong passions

Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya of Thailand presided over the official opening of the new structure of Donkoi Sustainable Village, a centre that will teach a modernised version of traditional dyeing techniques.  On Monday, 23 January, the Princess travelled to Sakon Nakhon to officially inaugurate the new centre, which was opened following a previous visit made by the royal to the…
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Who is Queen Sirikit of Thailand?

Queen Sirikit is the Queen Mother in Thailand, having married the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1950 shortly before his coronation; sadly she has not been seen much in public recently following a stroke in 2012. She was born on 12th August 1932, at the home of her maternal…
International royals

Queen Sirikit returns home from hospital

The Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, sent out a statement on 29 November stating that the dowager Queen had been released from the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital after being treated for a fever and a lung infection. Queen Sirikit returned to her home at the Chitralada Royal Villa on Tuesday, which was one of her official residences that she shared with her late husband, King Bhumibol…
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